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This theory falls flat when you consider that the show has used Halo CE’s engine from before the portal would’ve opened. If it had looked like Halo 5 until that exact moment (which would’ve been impossible), then this would make more sense.
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* Loco's drill takes energy from the past to generate the time portal. This would explain the massive amount of ArtShift regarding Blood Gulch as the series used newer games, as the drilled screwed with reality, the effects normalizing over the course of seasons 3-15.
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** Go back to Reconstruction and listen to every back and forth between the two. Late in the season, it's implied that Hargrove had his suspicions or already knew that the Director attacked his company. In the final message to the Director, you can hear the sinister satisfaction in his voice as he says every word, but this one stands out the most.
--> ''"It seems that you will earn your place in history after all, '''''dear Director'''''."''
--> ''"It seems that you will earn your place in history after all, '''''dear Director'''''."''
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* Loco's drill takes energy from the past to generate the time portal. This would explain the massive amount of ArtShift regarding Blood Gulch as the series used newer games, as the drilled screwed with reality, the effects normalizing over the course of seasons 3-15.
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*** Washington has black armor - similar role as Tex, in that he is a rogue who doesn't really work for any one side except his own.
*** Washington changes his armour to blue (with yellow stripes to let viewers know who he is) at the end of Season 8, and then reverts back to black (most likely a call-back) in Season 11. The blue represents his joining of Blue Team and essentially taking Church's place, while the Black possibly references the earlier mentioned rogue freelancer. Its possible that black is because he technically takes command of both teams.
*** Washington changes his armour to blue (with yellow stripes to let viewers know who he is) at the end of Season 8, and then reverts back to black (most likely a call-back) in Season 11. The blue represents his joining of Blue Team and essentially taking Church's place, while the Black possibly references the earlier mentioned rogue freelancer. Its possible that black is because he technically takes command of both teams.
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*** Washington has black gray armor - similar role as Tex, in that he is a rogue mercenary who doesn't really work for any one side except have a moral compass - good or bad, black or white - and is just doing his own.
job and playing his side.
*** Washington changes his armour to blue (with yellow stripes to let viewers know who he is) at the end of Season 8, and then reverts back toblack gray (most likely a call-back) in Season 11. The blue represents his joining of Blue Team and essentially taking Church's place, while the Black gray possibly references the earlier mentioned rogue freelancer. Its possible that black gray is because he technically takes command of both teams.
*** Washington changes his armour to blue (with yellow stripes to let viewers know who he is) at the end of Season 8, and then reverts back to
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* Why did Carolina get two AI's, in the show it's because she asked for it, in real life it's because there are ''[[UsefulNotes/NorthCarolina two]] [[UsefulNotes/SouthCarolina Carolina's]]''.
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* Why did Carolina get two AI's, in AI's? In the show it's because she asked for it, in real life it's because there are ''[[UsefulNotes/NorthCarolina two]] [[UsefulNotes/SouthCarolina Carolina's]]''.
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* Why did Carolina get two AI's, in the show it's because she asked for it, in real life it's because there are ''[[UsefulNotes/NorthCarolina two]] [[UsefulNotes/SouthCarolina Carolina's]]''.
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* A couple concerning Flowers/ Florida:
** First, the long paise he gave while talking to Tucker could make sense after the Florida reveal. Considering how cold and ruthless he was revealed to be, he could have been signaling Wyoming to shoot him, and stalling for time.
*** Or maybe he was signaling him to shoot Tucker.
** Secondly, why he picked Tucker for the Blue Team. The other guy seemed to be more useless, being so obsessed with being a good listener he actually forgets to listen to anything. Considering Flowers was actively seeking out useless people, the guy seems more useless then the sex-crazed but otherwise lucid Tucker. Of course, since this was the guy Flowers was going to be interacting with almost constantly, it would make sense that he wouldnt go with his absolute bottom choice. Not to mention Tucker was intended to be his second in command, so the other guy would have been too much of a legitimate liability.
** First, the long paise he gave while talking to Tucker could make sense after the Florida reveal. Considering how cold and ruthless he was revealed to be, he could have been signaling Wyoming to shoot him, and stalling for time.
*** Or maybe he was signaling him to shoot Tucker.
** Secondly, why he picked Tucker for the Blue Team. The other guy seemed to be more useless, being so obsessed with being a good listener he actually forgets to listen to anything. Considering Flowers was actively seeking out useless people, the guy seems more useless then the sex-crazed but otherwise lucid Tucker. Of course, since this was the guy Flowers was going to be interacting with almost constantly, it would make sense that he wouldnt go with his absolute bottom choice. Not to mention Tucker was intended to be his second in command, so the other guy would have been too much of a legitimate liability.
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** Omega's attribute is rage, and he's also known for being an over-the-top evil villain. [[spoiler: Temple is extremely angry (see the time he shot Jax for criticizing his backstory, or when he was angry at the Reds and Blues for making friends with Freelancers), and also quite theatrical.]]
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** Omega's attribute is rage, and he's also known for being an over-the-top evil and self-aware villain. [[spoiler: Temple is extremely angry (see the time he shot Jax for criticizing his backstory, or when he was angry at the Reds and Blues for making friends with Freelancers), and is also quite theatrical.theatrical and aware of the fact that he's a villain.]]
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** Gamma's Attribute is deceit. [[spoiler: Temple manipulates other sim troopers into fighting for him.]]
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** Gamma's Attribute attribute is deceit. [[spoiler: Temple manipulates other sim troopers into fighting for him.]]
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** Even the Beta's attribute, failing to achieve its goal when it's just within reach, can be seen in Temple. [[spoiler: He had a plan with Biff to get him medically discharged, but chickened out at the last minute, which led to Biff's death. When he finally trapped a Freelancer who was actually responsible for Biff's death, Locus stepped in and freed her before she could die. The Reds and Blues managed to completely stop his machine before it could do any harm, and he ended up in prison.]]
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** Even the Beta's attribute, failing to achieve its goal when it's just within reach, can be seen in Temple. [[spoiler: He had a plan with Biff to get him medically discharged, but chickened out at the last minute, which led to Biff's death. When he finally trapped a Freelancer who was actually responsible for Biff's death, Locus stepped in and freed her before she could die. The Reds and Blues managed to completely stop his supposedly unstoppable machine before it could do any harm, and he ended up in prison.]]
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* The aspects of Temple's personality that are distinctly un-Church-like can be compared to the Alpha fragments, which were part of Church's personality before they split off from him.
** Omega's attribute is rage, and he's also known for being an over-the-top evil villain. [[spoiler: Temple is extremely angry (see the time he shot Jax for criticizing his backstory, or when he was angry at the Reds and Blues for making friends with Freelancers), and also quite theatrical.]]
** Sigma's attributes are creativity and ambition. [[spoiler: Temple has a unique way of killing his victims and a grand scheme to destroy the UNSC.]]
** Gamma's Attribute is deceit. [[spoiler: Temple manipulates other sim troopers into fighting for him.]]
** Theta's attributes are trust and the inner child. [[spoiler: Temple trusts his colleagues to carry out his plans, and sometimes [[PsychopathicManchild behaves like a child.]]]]
** Epsilon's attributes are memory and insanity. [[spoiler: Temple obviously kept his memories, and he's clearly gone insane.]]
** Eta and Iota's attributes are fear and happiness respectively. [[spoiler: Temple shows genuine fear when he thinks Tucker is going to stab him, and happiness in killing his victims and when he thought Biff may still be alive.]]
** Even the Beta's attribute, failing to achieve its goal when it's just within reach, can be seen in Temple. [[spoiler: He had a plan with Biff to get him medically discharged, but chickened out at the last minute, which led to Biff's death. When he finally trapped a Freelancer who was actually responsible for Biff's death, Locus stepped in and freed her before she could die. The Reds and Blues managed to completely stop his machine before it could do any harm, and he ended up in prison.]]
** The only thing he's missing is Delta's logic. [[spoiler: If he were thinking logically, he would've shot all the Freelancers he locked in place instead of leaving them to die of starvation. He also foolishly thought he could drill straight through the Earth and attack the UNSC from underneath.]]
** Omega's attribute is rage, and he's also known for being an over-the-top evil villain. [[spoiler: Temple is extremely angry (see the time he shot Jax for criticizing his backstory, or when he was angry at the Reds and Blues for making friends with Freelancers), and also quite theatrical.]]
** Sigma's attributes are creativity and ambition. [[spoiler: Temple has a unique way of killing his victims and a grand scheme to destroy the UNSC.]]
** Gamma's Attribute is deceit. [[spoiler: Temple manipulates other sim troopers into fighting for him.]]
** Theta's attributes are trust and the inner child. [[spoiler: Temple trusts his colleagues to carry out his plans, and sometimes [[PsychopathicManchild behaves like a child.]]]]
** Epsilon's attributes are memory and insanity. [[spoiler: Temple obviously kept his memories, and he's clearly gone insane.]]
** Eta and Iota's attributes are fear and happiness respectively. [[spoiler: Temple shows genuine fear when he thinks Tucker is going to stab him, and happiness in killing his victims and when he thought Biff may still be alive.]]
** Even the Beta's attribute, failing to achieve its goal when it's just within reach, can be seen in Temple. [[spoiler: He had a plan with Biff to get him medically discharged, but chickened out at the last minute, which led to Biff's death. When he finally trapped a Freelancer who was actually responsible for Biff's death, Locus stepped in and freed her before she could die. The Reds and Blues managed to completely stop his machine before it could do any harm, and he ended up in prison.]]
** The only thing he's missing is Delta's logic. [[spoiler: If he were thinking logically, he would've shot all the Freelancers he locked in place instead of leaving them to die of starvation. He also foolishly thought he could drill straight through the Earth and attack the UNSC from underneath.]]
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* Locus is so far the only character to understand Lopez properly. Turns out that Locus' real name is [[spoiler: Sam Cortez, suggesting a bloodline that traces back to Spanish/Mexican roots]]. That name was dropped quite casually during season 14 so it took a while for that particular nugget to sink in but we finally get an explanation as to why Locus is bilingual.
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* Locus is so far the only character to understand Lopez properly. Turns out that Locus' real name is [[spoiler: Sam Cortez, Ortez, suggesting a bloodline that traces back to Spanish/Mexican roots]]. That name was dropped quite casually during season 14 so it took a while for that particular nugget to sink in but we finally get an explanation as to why Locus is bilingual.
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* The Blues and Red's Grunts, with the possible exception of the Battle Creek Zealots, are all ridiculously obnoxious and immoral. But given that Temple has a definite WithUsOrAgainstUs mentality, this makes absolute sense; No decent or sane people would align themselves with the Blues and Reds once they found out what lines they were willing to cross, or live long enough to warn anyone. This would also explain the lack of familiar faces besides the Zealots (for example, the Reds from Rat's Nest) among the Blues and Reds' ranks.
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** In a more meta sense, the Blue and Red grunts are similar to the earlier sim troopers in that they're both parodies of online nuisances. The Battle Creek sim troopers acted like ''{{Franchise/Halo}}'' players that communicate in LeetLingo, while the Blue and Red grunts act like [[{{Troll}} internet trolls]] that throw around politically incorrect statements [[{{GIFT}} for their own amusement]].
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[[spoiler: Season 1 Church forgetting what Season 15 Caboose said about him dying makes sense, considering his first "death" was getting blown up by Sheila. After he came back as a "ghost", he probably thought he was in the clear and didn't think anything else of it.]]
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[[spoiler: Season 1 Church forgetting what Season 15 Caboose said about him dying makes sense, considering his first "death" was getting blown up by Sheila. After he came back as a "ghost", he probably thought he was in the clear and didn't think anything else of it.]]
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* The Blues and Red's Grunts, with the possible exception of the Battle Creek Zealots, are all ridiculously obnoxious and immoral. But given that Temple has a definite WithUsOrAgainstUs mentality, this makes absolute sense; No decent or sane people would align themselves with the Blues and Reds once they found out what lines they were willing to cross, or live long enough to warn anyone.
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* The Blues and Red's Grunts, with the possible exception of the Battle Creek Zealots, are all ridiculously obnoxious and immoral. But given that Temple has a definite WithUsOrAgainstUs mentality, this makes absolute sense; No decent or sane people would align themselves with the Blues and Reds once they found out what lines they were willing to cross, or live long enough to warn anyone. This would also explain the lack of familiar faces besides the Zealots (for example, the Reds from Rat's Nest) among the Blues and Reds' ranks.
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* It's made clear that Temple ''really'' doesn't care for Loco, though there is a reason for it besides Temple just being a Jerkass; it was Loco's makeshift flag that killed Biff.
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** Not to mention that the Grunts in this case are the other Sim Troopers. Not only do they have traits that make them unfit for the actual military, chances are some of the teams are similar enough to the Blues and Reds to have the same reactions they did to learning the truth.
* It's made clear that Temple ''really'' doesn't care for Loco, though there is a reason for it besides Temple just being aJerkass; JerkAss; it was Loco's makeshift flag that killed Biff.
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** What's more, according to Temple, every remaining Sim Trooper besides the Reds and Blues has joined them, likely meaning he killed any of the ones who refused.
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* In Season 2, Lopez and Sheila leave a note at Blue base to meet in the centre of the canyon at 0600 hours - the same time and place they were meeting the Reds. The note is written in binary. Church can read it. [[spoiler: He is actually an AI program himself, and thus able to understand binary script.]]
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** [[spoiler: Their planned war against the UNSC roughly correlates to The Chorus Trilogy. After dealing with Freelancer, they're going against a separate threat in an all-out war that will likely result in an innumerable amount of casualties.]]
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*** Also, given the timeline of events Tex undoubtedly had Omega in her. No wonder she was so ruthless and callous about a single sim trooper's life especially one so stupid to get in her way.
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** And this in itself creates another bit of brilliance: [[spoiler: Despite the Blues and Reds coming first, the Reds and Blues are further ahead on their journey than them. Perhaps it's a sign that the Reds and Blues are the better of the two groups after all.]]
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* The journey that the Blues and Reds have taken directly parallels that of the Reds and Blues, and can even be divided into similar arcs.
** [[spoiler: The first, most obvious one is that the flashbacks in Episodes 12 & 13 are their version of The Blood Gulch Chronicles. The two teams were supposedly at war with each other, stuck in their gulch and having all sorts of wacky antics, until two Freelancers brought it all to a catastrophic end.]]
** [[spoiler: After that, the teams stopped receiving orders, left their gulch, found the Freelancer Offsite Storage Facility, and discovered the truth about the Red and Blue armies. In other words, a dead ringer for The Recollection.]]
** [[spoiler: The group working together to hunt down and kill what remains of Project Freelancer out of revenge mirrors the BGC's search for the Director in Season 10.]]
** [[spoiler: Their planned war against the UNSC roughly correlates to The Chorus Trilogy. After dealing with Freelancer, they're going against a separate threat in an all-out war that will likely result in an innumerable amount of casualties.]]
** [[spoiler: The first, most obvious one is that the flashbacks in Episodes 12 & 13 are their version of The Blood Gulch Chronicles. The two teams were supposedly at war with each other, stuck in their gulch and having all sorts of wacky antics, until two Freelancers brought it all to a catastrophic end.]]
** [[spoiler: After that, the teams stopped receiving orders, left their gulch, found the Freelancer Offsite Storage Facility, and discovered the truth about the Red and Blue armies. In other words, a dead ringer for The Recollection.]]
** [[spoiler: The group working together to hunt down and kill what remains of Project Freelancer out of revenge mirrors the BGC's search for the Director in Season 10.]]
** [[spoiler: Their planned war against the UNSC roughly correlates to The Chorus Trilogy. After dealing with Freelancer, they're going against a separate threat in an all-out war that will likely result in an innumerable amount of casualties.]]
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* There are a few things about [[spoiler: Locus in Season 15 that subtlety allude to his CharacterDevelopment after pulling a HeelFaceTurn:]]
** [[spoiler: As Grif points out, he no longer has the "X" shape on his helmet. This actually has a lot of symbolic meaning. Season 14 shows that he has a similarly X-shaped scar on his face. This scar was a constant reminder of his past as a soldier in the Great War. During The Chorus Trilogy, he was obsessed with being a true soldier, and the X on his helmet reflected this. Removing the X represents willingness to put the past behind him and focus on doing what's right instead of being a soldier.]]
** [[spoiler: White accents have been added to his armor, but his color scheme is otherwise unchanged. This represents him changing for the better in some ways, while still being the same in other ways.]]
** [[spoiler: Some of his behavior in this season is directly opposite of that of his past self. Before, he believed the greater good doesn't matter. Now, he wants to do what's right. Before, he would be offended whenever someone calls him insane. Now, he'll willingly admit this about himself.]]
** [[spoiler: As Grif points out, he no longer has the "X" shape on his helmet. This actually has a lot of symbolic meaning. Season 14 shows that he has a similarly X-shaped scar on his face. This scar was a constant reminder of his past as a soldier in the Great War. During The Chorus Trilogy, he was obsessed with being a true soldier, and the X on his helmet reflected this. Removing the X represents willingness to put the past behind him and focus on doing what's right instead of being a soldier.]]
** [[spoiler: White accents have been added to his armor, but his color scheme is otherwise unchanged. This represents him changing for the better in some ways, while still being the same in other ways.]]
** [[spoiler: Some of his behavior in this season is directly opposite of that of his past self. Before, he believed the greater good doesn't matter. Now, he wants to do what's right. Before, he would be offended whenever someone calls him insane. Now, he'll willingly admit this about himself.]]
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* The whole Allison-Beth discrepancy from the song "A Girl named Tex" was actually brilliantly solved in Season 10. [[spoiler: Connie's data reveals that Tex's AI name is "Beta". According to TheOtherWiki, the Greek letter "Beta" was derived from the Phoenician letter "Beth". So, in a way, Tex really is named Beth.]]
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* The whole Allison-Beth discrepancy from the song "A Girl named Tex" was actually brilliantly solved in Season 10. [[spoiler: Connie's data reveals that Tex's AI name is "Beta". According to TheOtherWiki, Wiki/TheOtherWiki, the Greek letter "Beta" was derived from the Phoenician letter "Beth". So, in a way, Tex really is named Beth.]]
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*** [[spoiler:Carolina was wearing a prototype her current armor. Season 14 showed that her current suit can take some pretty hard collisions through concrete or off a cliff, whereas similar situations in seasons 9 or 10 would take her out, if not kill her. The new suit can explain her withstanding Tex's attacks.]]
*** Except the only fight she had in Season 14 with that suit was non-canon, and really [[spoiler: it looked to be pretty fragile actually, given how easily the Meta cleaved through it with his Brute Shot. Besides, that doesn't explain how Carolina wasn't even pushed back a bit by the force of that projectile.]]
*** Except the only fight she had in Season 14 with that suit was non-canon, and really [[spoiler: it looked to be pretty fragile actually, given how easily the Meta cleaved through it with his Brute Shot. Besides, that doesn't explain how Carolina wasn't even pushed back a bit by the force of that projectile.]]
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*** Except the only fight she had in Season 14 with that suit was non-canon, and really [[spoiler: it looked to be pretty fragile actually, given how easily the Meta cleaved through it with his Brute Shot. Besides, that doesn't explain how Carolina wasn't even pushed back a bit by the force of that projectile.]]
*** Except the only fight she had in Season 14 with that suit was non-canon, and really [[spoiler: it looked to be pretty fragile actually, given how easily the Meta cleaved through it with his Brute Shot. Besides, that doesn't explain how Carolina wasn't even pushed back a bit by the force of that projectile.
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** That's actually not a gap, but a black piece of the metal plating. [[spoiler: Still, it might be justified by Tex's own inhuman strength- though that raises the question of how Carolina, a largely unaugmented human, is able to take so many hits from her.]]
